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Lawrence Kobilinsky: The low down on polygraphy is the following. It's not permissible in court. In a hearing in 1923 it was found to be unreliable, and although technology has improved and polygraphy is quite effective, it is still considered unreliable. There are reports of false positives rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Trick a Polygraph | 7/11/2001 | See Source »

There are people that can control their physiological functions - perhaps by thinking of other things while being questioned, so you wouldn't necessarily increase your respiration. The point is that it would be useful for Condit to use this to clear himself, but I can certainly understand why, if somebody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Trick a Polygraph | 7/11/2001 | See Source »

It's one thing to recognize a problem, another to fix it--and the photo ops Hughes prescribes can't mend Bush's image if his policies don't find a middle ground. Hughes insists his problem is one of perception, not substance. She is so loyal that during the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Few Small Repairs | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

A contributor to the New Yorker and the New York Times, Solomon interweaves a personal narrative with scientific, philosophical, historical, political and cultural insights into what he describes as "the demon that visits at noon," when one least expects it. The result is an elegantly written, meticulously researched book that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casting Out the Demons | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

Intelliseek's software can be set up to monitor and query the databases of news sites, chatrooms and Usenet groups for trends, product information, gossip about your company and your competitors. "We identify the best sources for a topic, company or individual then mine the information automatically, aggregate it, filter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illuminating the Web | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

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